In celebration of Veterans Day on Friday night, the Michigan State men’s basketball team played North Carolina on the USS Carl Vinson in San Diego. The top-ranked Tar Heels knocked off the Spartans, 67-55, in front of President Barack Obama. See our photo gallery, courtesy of US Presswire, from the incredible scene in this post.

The Associated Press reports that “the NCAA accused Ohio State for the first time of a ‘failure to monitor’ for permitting a booster to continue to have contact with players after he was involved in NCAA problems earlier in the year. Ohio State President Gordon Gee expressed disappointment Thursday in athletic director Gene Smith for not properly monitoring the actions of Robert DiGeronimo, who got several Buckeyes football players into trouble with the NCAA.” Read the full AP story here.

Week 11 is in the books. Catch up on all the action on our Big Ten scoreboard. Here’s how it went down: Michigan topped Illinois, Wisconsin drilled Minnesota, Purdue stunned Ohio State in OT, Michigan State beat Iowa, Northwestern dropped Rice and Nebraska beat Penn State. Watch all of our Week 11 football highlights and check out our interview with Michigan’s Brady Hoke now.

BTN and Big Ten men’s basketball returned to the court tonight with Indiana beating Stony Brook in the first of nine Big Ten season openers. Other Friday night winners include Michigan, Purdue, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio State, and Nebraska while Michigan State fell to No. 1 North Carolina. Did you miss this week’s season preview shows? Watch them online at BTN2Go.com. Click here to view the men’s preview show and here to view the women’s preview show. Get all the night’s action our men’s basketball scoreboard page or dive down into this post for quick recaps and links on all nine games.

The No. 2 Nebraska Volleyball team (21-2, 14-1) swept the Indiana Hoosiers, 3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-20) at University Gym Friday night.  Watch now as Big Ten Student U talks with Nebraska head coach John Cook after that game. Dive inside for coverage of the Ohio State-Penn State match-up.